Get Crafty With Recycling: Trendy Upcycling Ideas

Recycling is all the range right now. It's a great way to make use of unused household items and clear away unsightly stores of messy clutter. Plus it's good for the environment too.

You can get really creative with recycling. With whatever junk you find lying around the home, find the right project and you can magically transform into trendy home design features. Upcycling ideas can be so much fun!

There's an art to upcycling every day items and turning them into something eye catching and unique. There are so many quirky projects to choose from (feel free to browse through our gorgeous collection of crafty upcycling ideas) you'll be spoilt for choice! From zany artwork and creative lighting to stylish storage and customised clothes, there's a wealth of ideas to choose from that should set the creative juices flowing.

If you're obsessed with collecting clutter or just fancy having a home cleanse, here's how to breathe a new lease of life into old junk, and create something strikingly special. Happy crafting!

Tin cans

Sand the edge of a washed tin can to remove any sharp edges, and paint in a gorgeous colour of your choice. You can cover with twine to create a more vintage look. Fill up with water and use as a lovely vase for flowers or as a pencil holder to add a little quirkiness to your desk space.

Or you can make gorgeous garden lanterns by punching a few holes and light with a small tea light. Hand them from branches or display on an outdoor table ready for the throng of summer barbecues!

Glass Bottles

Clean out an empty bottle and leave to dry, use brightly coloured wrapping paper to decorate the outside of the bottle exterior. Use a storage for make-up brushes or a pretty pen holder. Another idea is to cut off the neck of an empty bottle to leave the base, then punch holes into either side. Use some string to make a handle and place on a tree branch or your washing line in the garden. Fill with water and you'll have your own customised birdbath.

An old shoe holder

Hang an old fabric hanging shoe holder over the fence in your garden and fill each compartment with compost. Add herb seeds and you'll have a vertical planter for you to grow your own plant. Customised clothes If you're handy with a needle and thread, use old clothes to make something cool and creative. Unstitch your shirt or t-shirt and use the material to make a cotton tote-bag – perfect for food shops!

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